Executive Order
#14243 -- Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos (of March 20, 2025)
Highlights
EO mandates that federal agencies remove barriers to sharing unclassified data among themselves. The order aims to enhance efficiency, reduce duplication, and improve the government's ability to detect overpayments and fraud
Key Compliance/Risk Cue
Agencies are required to ensure that designated federal officials have full and prompt access to all unclassified agency records, data, software systems, and IT systems. Agency heads must rescind or modify existing guidance that hinders the sharing of unclassified information between agencies; and reassess their classification policies to prevent unnecessary restrictions on information sharing.
Litigation Snapshot
Pallek v. Rollins (D.D.C., filed May 22 2025) (plaintiffs are a foodsecurity nonprofit, a privacy center, and SNAP recipients challenging USDA’s letter based on EO 14243 that mandates sharing state SNAP personal data with DOGE teams. They allege violations of 1) the Privacy Act (individual consent / access rules), 2) the Paperwork Reduction Act (no new data collection without approval), and 3) the APA (agency action is arbitrary & capricious). Status is that the TRO motion filed May 27, 2025 and heard June 3, 2025 remains pending.